<p>NYU Stern ED didnt work out for me since it was the most competitive school in NYU. I was wondering if the CALS school of Cornell is less competitive compared to the other schools of cornell. Does anyone know the average sat of people who get in?
Thanks a lot.</p>
<p>To be a competitive applicant at Cornell, u need 2000+ on your SAT. Thats not to say that you can’t get in if you have a lower score, but its tough. Agr and life has about a 20% acceptance rate, which is about the same as Cornell’s over all, although it is slightly higher than their arts and science acceptances. I think Human Ecology has the highest acceptance rate, but Cornell is all about fit. Just cause a school has a higher admission rate, doesn’t make it easier to get into. You need to show you have a passion for the school that you apply to. I applied RD the School of Hotel Administration and am really hoping that i get in. Good luck!</p>
<p>^i don’t know what they mean by ‘‘fit’’. (not academically right?) Do they decide whether you are a ‘‘fit’’ based on your ECs or essays?</p>
<p>It means like are u meant for the school or program…kinda. Okay for me, I applied to Hotel Administration for restaurant management. On my application, I made it clear that I’ve worked in many restaurants, I love to cook. etc, all stuff that is relevant to what i want to study. It wouldn’t look as good if someone else applied and all their ECs were science related or something. That doesn’t mean that I’m a better candidate by any means, but thats the kind of stuff their looking for. They want to see that you are passionate. This is why people often get rejected with near perfect scores and 4.0 GPAs. I hope this made it a little bit more clear.</p>
<p>to matt 789
I am not sure if CAS has lower acceptance rate than CALS
I know it was about 18 percent for CAS</p>
<p>If I recall correctly, for the Class of 2013, CAS had the second lowest acceptance rate - first being Architecture.</p>
<p>Alright, thanks for your help. I will give it my best shot.
I have a 540/750/780 2070 SAT and 93 GPA with quite a few out of school extracurriculars. But the problem is that im not a captain or president of any club. Is that like an unwritten requirement? Although, I am on a team. Im trying to get into Applied Economics and Management at Cornell.</p>
<p>When you said you applied early to Stern and were interested in CALS, I had a feeling you were going for AEM.</p>
<p>Sorry to burst your bubble, but AEM has by far the lowest acceptance rate of any program at Cornell. From my school, 3 people got into NYU Stern, all 3 applied to AEM, and all three were rejected. Not saying anything about which program is better than another, but I’m just trying to show acceptance wise AEM is generally very difficult to gain acceptance to.</p>
<p>I’ll chime with a little bit I know or have observed from my sons experience. Statistically you aren’t necessarily out at AEM. Your 540 SAT is tough but might be overcome on the statistical part odf the app. Firstly, AP’s. Did you take AP stats as a Jr. and get a 5? AP Chem with a 5? are you taking an AP loaded Sr. schedule, math and science? Next, SAT subject tests, did you scroe over 700 on a Math and a science? If you did those things your 540 might not kill you before they get to the holistic part. (540 english and 780 writing?, that is unusual).
As for your activities, were you passionate about anything? Can you write passionately about any and tie it to business? Poke around the AEM sight and you’ll see what they are looking for. Write a great essay and get great recs and you’ll have shot. You writing score indicates that you can indeed pull off a great essay. Cornell is not averse to taking an oddball stat. Good luck! BTW, Cornell is completely different then Stern. Is that what you want? BC, Penn and Nova all have great B-schools in Cities.</p>
<p>i got outright rejected ED from AEM with about a 2150. It’s really competitive</p>
<p>Wow. I feel the pressure. Yes I am applying for AEM. I was hoping that I will have a bigger chance at Cornell than Stern. Is it really true that AEM is the most competitive school at Cornell?
Anyways, here are some of my stats.
SATII Math1 640 Physics 690
AP Compsci- 5
AP Statistics
BC Calculus
AP Economics
AP Psychology.</p>
<p>How big a chance do I have?
Should I send my sat 2 scores because theyre kind of low. on the AEM site, it says
Either an SAT or ACT is required to be considered for admission to the college, it is optional to submit two SAT Subject Tests (mathematics and a science recommended). There are no score cut-offs, and we find that successful applicants to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences present a wide range of standardized test results.</p>
<p>10(or 11)/15 of kids in my school got into Stern ED and 0/4 got into AEM.</p>
<p>you need to have ECs that fit into AEM and an essay that says why AEM, beyond any other school, is capable of helping you do what you want to do in real life. it is rather competitive to get into, if you look at the stats.</p>
<p>that said, i’m super disillusioned with the AEM major. while they only accept ≤100 freshmen/yr, they graduate a class of 200-250ish a year i think (too lazy to look up the stats specifically) so that means almost 100+ transfer in; a lot of the transfers are intra-transfers, too - and imo, it dilutes the major a lot, which is really annoying.</p>
<p>also, if you’re not specializing in one of the more popular specializations, expect to take a lot of useless classes that you’re not into - and also, the major focuses/puts a lot more emphasis on the cookie-cutter specializations, which i feel is really sad bc it’s their more unique specializations, like agribusiness, food science, etc., that really make the program stand out.</p>
<p>Having your family own a farm in Ny state really helps your chances of getting into ALS.</p>
<p>Actually, it is a big major for Cornell. Cornell is famous for that (beside their hotel course and engineering program). So is it competitive. The number of people in this field today is very small compare to other engineering and science fields. However this is a growing field. Do not apply to this major unless you want it. I think you have to stay for at least one semester in order to change?</p>
<p>I have absolutely no extracurriculars that relate to agriculture. Im more into the business part of AEM. In my essay, must I write that I have a fascination for agriculture? Can i just write how business fascinates me?</p>
<p>you don’t need to have ANY ECs related to agriculture to get into AEM - unless you’re thinking about specializing in agribusiness. AEM is a business program - and, like most other colleges/majors at Cornell, you need related ECs for that field if you even want to think about getting in.</p>
<p>Let’s say if I want to major in Bio at CALS, what ECs can I do to make me look more ‘‘passionate’’?</p>
<p>just asking…Because I really can’t think of any ECs that are really related to biology…</p>
<p>while aem is part of cals, its admissions are very different than the rest of cals, it is significantly harder to get into.</p>
<p>Also the fit thing applies more towards something like the hotel or architecture than it does to a major like bio, though if someone did have some bio ecs that would be a plus, but I doubt its required, maybe working in a lab or something, some highschool students do that. In general a more sciencey ap would probably be good since for one bio is a science, and two cals is sciency, and taking ap bio if your school offers it would be important. However other than with aem(which is a special case), I’m not 100% sure if cals admissions takes into consideration which major you applying for. I think they do, some of their majors are more specialized/unique, though they might not. CAS and COE both don’t care what you put as your intended major on the app as far as I know, especially since a lot of people change their mind anyways.</p>
<p>Which test did you get the 540 on? If its writing you might be ok since your other two are so high and Cornell doesn’t value the writing as much(at least they used to value the other two more, could be different now).</p>
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<p>really? here’s a couple: science club. science olympiads. research. internships in a hospital.</p>
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they do. you apply in WITH a major - and while it’s not that hard to switch majors once you get in, you are still applying in with a major and you’re competing against other kids who are also applying in as that major. each major in CALS is only allotted a certain amount of spaces a year, so it IS taken into consideration.</p>